Sick justice : inside the American Gulag

Sick justice : inside the American Gulag /

"In America, 2.3 million peopleùa population about the size of HoustonÆs, the countryÆs fourth-largest cityùlive behind bars. Sick Justice explores the economic, social, and political forces that hijacked the criminal justice system to create this bizarre situation. Presenting frightening tru...

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Online Access: Access full-text online via JSTOR
Author / Contributor: Goldman, Ivan G (Author)
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2013]
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Prisons > United States.
Corrections > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Failed Fears
  • The Mostly Invisible Catastrophe
  • Fear, Loathing, and Guns
  • Informants
  • Failed Laws
  • The War on Drugs (and Reason)
  • The Death of Rachel Hoffman
  • Three Strikes and You're Out
  • Divine Right Prosecutors
  • The Innocent and the Dead
  • Failed Results
  • Walking the "Toughest Beat" in Guccis
  • Mongo and Squeaky
  • Prison Privateers and Jailing for Cash
  • Captive Employees Failed Excess
  • Deporting for Cash
  • The War against the Poor (and Middle Class)
  • Crazy Consequences
  • Crime Academies, Rape, Sex Slaves, Infection, Death
  • The Insanity of Mental Health Practices
  • Failed Vision
  • Legacy Inmates
  • "The Future."

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